On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Roger Filomeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > But that's not the end of it, even if you can prove that you have first > claim implementation, it still needs to be highly unique and complex, such > that the idea is not a common solution or a de facto process such as user > views, db schemes, etc (all those what we call user and application > preference types) >
This is what I had in mind when I posted the question. I thought "did they found some exception in the details that allows them to do that?". At first I refused to give in to their request until I could discuss this with our head IT person, turns out they were filing for copyright. Our mistake in mixing up the IPR terms. On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:14 AM, KRTorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our company is applying for patents to our software. > We're using open source software (php frontend, database is mysql, asterisk > for voip applications). > > Is it ok for the whole software to be patented, ok for some parts only > (patentable ones like user views, database schema), or none at all? > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Roger P. Filomeno TwitSnap: The coolest Twitter widget for your site! http://www.twitsnap.com http://corruptedpartition.blogspot.com/ TEL#: +1-360-968-1767 SMS: send MSG GODIE <YOUR MESSAGE> to 2948 $> who | grep -i blond | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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